Weighing scale



Oct. 7, 1930.

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Filed March 22, 1928 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 gave /W07 JAMES W. BRYCE 33x Gum Patented Oct. 7, 1930 UNITED STATES PATENT. mm

JAMES W. BRYCE, OF BLOOMFIELD, NEW JEBSEY, B8IGNOB II L Y TON PANY, OF DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF NEW scum eon.-

WEIGHING scam;

ori inal application filed June 22, 1927, Serial No. 200,531. invided and aim application and iii,

1928. Serial at. 268,612.

This case is a division of application No. 200,531, filed June 22, 1927.

The present invention concerns improvements in the construction of tare devices for scales. I

More specifically, the object of this invention is to provide an improved construction for attaching tare beams to a scale.

Other objects and advantages will be ap- 10 parentfrom the appended specification and claims and shown in the drawing, wherein;

Fig. 1 is an elevation of the upper part of the scale standard which is formed into a casing for the load ofi'setting mechanism and a corresponding casing for the scale beam mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1, and

Fig. 3 is a detail showing the scale beam removed from the casing.

The scale illustrated in Figs. 1 to 3 is of the neavy capacity type and is adapted to be mounted on a suitable truck provided with wheels to enable it to be freely moved about. As usual in such scales the main levers may be enclosed in" the truck or base portion with the platform forming a top covering therefor and operatively connected with the main levers to cause displacement of them during weighing operations. This mechanism is well known and has not been illustrated in the drawing. At one end of the base the hollow standard or column illustrated in fragmentary form at 20 in Figs. land 2 is supported. and is provided with two enlargements indicated generally at 21 and 22 of which the former encloses the scale beam with its associated mechanism and the latter forms a casing for the load offsetting mechanism and supports the scale dial 23 with which the index arm 24 coacts. The main levers of the scale maybe connectedby means well known in the art with the steelyard 25 whose upper end is formed into a hook and engagesa shackle 26 supported by the scale beam 27 to displace the latter in proportion to the displacement of the main levers.

The shackle 26 consists of two side plates jointed by a short rod 28 with which the hook end of the steelyard engages and each side plate is provided with an a erture in-eaehof which is lodged a bearing'2 V to form a seat for the knife edges-'30 fastened to o positesi'de'js of the scale beam, The scale eam' isfula crumed on knife edges 31 onopposite'fsides 1 thereof which seat in bearings 32 placedon the downwardly extending armsof a yokeB'i supported by the standard20. 'The knife edges are a af 32 which eitends through the beam ahd is'rigidl'y fastened thereto and of which the portion ex tending toward the front of the standard proje'cts through an opening therein and carries a diverging bracket 33 (Fig. 1) which in turncarries the tare beams 33at its ends thus making the tare poiser 34 accessiblev from the outside of the scale casing. The opening in the standard is covered by a plate 38 perforated to permit the passage of the shaft 32" therethrough, thus providing a dust-proof arrangement for connecting the tare beams to the scale beam. The scale beam 27 is a lever of the second order and its nose carries a knife edge 41 seated in a bearing 42 supported by a yoke 43 which is attached to the tape 44.

The tape 44 in this case forms the single connecting link between the scale beam and the load offsetting mechanism. The rear portion OI the scale beam 27 is provided with a small casing 49 longitudinally of which extends a feed screw 45 for moving the zero adjusting weight 46. This weight is drilled to slide on the feed screw and is tappedto accommodate a screw 47 which may press a small piece of leather or other soft material against the screw threads, whereupon, as the weight is prevented from turning by the sides of the casing, turning of the'feed screw causes the weight to move longitudinally thereof. A

knurled button 48 on the end of the feed scale platform are suitably damped by a dash I pot 68.

While I have shown and described and pointed out the fundamental novel features of the invention as applied to a. single modi fication it will be understood that various omissions and substitutions and changes in m the form and details of the device illustrated and in its operation may be made by those skilled in the art Without departing from the spirit of the inventioin I intend to be limited therefore only as indicated by the scope of the following claims. 1

I claim:

1. In a Weighing scale, a scale beam,'a casing enveloping said beam, a rod fixed to said beam extending substantially at right angles thereto and provided With supporting knife edges, said rod having a portion extending exteriorly of said casing, a tare beam fixed to said extending'portion exterior-1y of the cas ing and an auxiliary casing partially enveloping said tare beam.

2. In a'vveighing' scale, a scale beam, a casing enveloping said beam, a rod fixed to said beam extending substantially at right angles 7 thereto and provided with supporting knife edges, said rod having a portion extending e iteriorlyof said casing, a tare beam fixed to said extending portion exteriorly of the easing and a protecting flange extending exteriorly of the casing in juxtaposition to the tare beam.

3. In a Weighing scale, a scale beam, a casin, envelo in said beam a tare beam exterior to said casing and operatively connected to said scale beam at a s1ngle polntthereof and an exteriorly extendlng protecting flange on said casing in juxtaposition to the tare beam. e

In testimony WhereofI'hereto alfix my signature.

' JAMES W. BRYCE. 

